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Daily Qigong Tip
How To Increase Our Qi Strength?
Feeling energetic is desirable to all of us. Periods of feeling tired and weak, however, are unavoidable for most of us as we go through our busy schedules. Like some help getting through your low points? Try the exercise below. Even ten minutes a day will help you maintain your inner Qi strength. You will feel the difference!
1. First, choose a comfortable, quiet environment where you can focus without distraction. The bathroom can be always your backup :).
2. Sitting posture is recommended, lying down will work too, if needed. Gently close your eyes.
3. Try to relax your body and mind for a moment. Look down and look towards the inside of your body and feel your breath.
4. Continue looking down with your eyes closed and breathe deeply three (or more) times.
5. Look toward your tail bone now and try to feel your tailbone and the area around it.
6. Imagine your tailbone is gradually softening up. Imagine the whole area is gradually dissolving and becoming empty.
7. In this empty area, imagine a pot of water, boiling. Imagine steam rising from the boiling water, coming up your spine, toward your head.
8. Take a deep breath. When exhaling, imagine the power of your breath pushing the steam up your spine more quickly. Feel the steam moving upward your spine.
9. In a peaceful state, repeat step 8 for at least nine times (or until you want to finish).
Try this when you feel weak or tired. I am very hopeful that it will help you.
This whole process takes 5 to 10 minutes.
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Be Happy!
Continuation of an unpublished manuscript by Robert Cowling(BC),currently being edited
Chapter Eleven
CYCLES OF GROWTH AND REST
An Art
Punish or pamper? Which do you choose most often for yourself? Many of our choices are not so dramatic, but we all make adjustments to either speed up our efforts in a particular direction or to put on the brakes.
Why do either? Why not just "be" and coast through life? Why not push ourselves every moment of every day? Some of us do better with a relaxed, casual attitude. Some of us have to push ourselves to get anything done. Some of us blend these approaches.
Life has a natural rhythm of growth and rest. Nature reflects this principle with every passing season. Each of us feels life's rhythm a little differently. Are you in harmony with the beat of your drummer?
One way to learn about your inner rhythm is to review your recent course corrections. Do you jerk yourself back and forth by first pampering yourself after a hard day, then punishing yourself the next morning for relaxing too much? Do you often criticize yourself? Do you eat too much when you get anxious? Do you make yourself work late when the project can wait until tomorrow?
Some of us push ourselves too hard and seldom relax. Other people rarely get themselves in gear at all. Because we grow from our experiences, whatever we do is fine. Some paths are just longer than others. Pushing too hard can lengthen your personal journey as surely as doing nothing if you are in disharmony with your inner rhythm.
The better you learn to feel - and then listen to--your inner guidance, the more you can shorten your path to mastering each challenge. Relax or get moving. Knowing which is best for you and then following through is an art. Learning this art will help you Be Happy!
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